It's Coming Along...

The plumbego does a pretty good job of disguising

the rain barrel in the backyard. Guess it doesn't mind

having wet feet, as it is located directly under

an angle of the roof.

I've mostly transplanted gems from the front yard. Everything

else is from seed. I don't really buy plants anymore, unless

I feel a maternal yearning to nurture a specimen on the

"dead" rack at the nursery.

Here I've got visitors from the front yard of African Iris and a couple

of mystery plants that I have yet to identify. The tall bushy plants

are some kind of tree that keeps cropping up in the front bed. It

has white flowers on it in spring. That's one thing I wish I had more

time for, identification. I often find volunteers and don't know what

they are. As long as they are growing, I don't worry about it too much.

Eventually, I'll figure it out.

I transplanted the pineapple plants I had out front to frame the

area around the newly relocated rain barrel. Another plumbego

has started to take off. I've got my bamboo sticks ready for tepee

making later in the week. A few pots are growing seedlings, but

aren't quite ready for the front walkway.

The vegetable garden is in the processof being revamped. I staked

my beans on the newly acquired bamboo poles.The basil was

pruned back and I like the standard look of it. I think

I'll do that next year when I replant it. I'm still getting

eggplant from the same two plants I bought

from Debbie at Barefoot Gardeners.

The stakes are in for the tomatoes and there's

a pepper plant doing well. It looks like jalepeno,

so I guess we'll have salsa! On the left side,

I just left the same trellis-like structure

for the peas to climb.

I bought a beautyberry bush from Debbie at the

Lakeland Farmer's market this weekend. It already has berries on it, so I'm hoping the birds will find it

and stick around our yard a bit longer. I want to find

the best spot for it so that it will get lots of visitors!